flip-flop
Example Sentences
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“The flip-flop developments in US-China tariffs war have added volatility to the market, further fueling trading activity.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 5, 2025
Overall, this might look like a wild flip-flop: A popular and widely sold supplement with some science behind it just doesn’t seem to work.
From Slate • Jun. 20, 2025
Beauden Barrett and Damian McKenzie use their combination of fast-twitch fibres and game-smart grey matter to flip-flop between the two play-making roles down in New Zealand.
From BBC • Oct. 7, 2024
After six years of flip-flop verdicts, Knox was definitively exonerated by Italy’s highest court of the murder in 2015.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 10, 2024
Then she let the other flip-flop go, which startled the ant, causing it to try a different route entirely.
From "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" by emily m. danforth
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